# Spider Solitaire - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) ## General Questions ### 1. What is Spider Solitaire? Spider Solitaire is a classic single-player card game played with 2 standard 52-card decks (104 cards total). The goal is to arrange all cards into 8 complete descending sequences (King to Ace) of the same suit, which are then automatically removed from the table. ### 2. How many suits are there in Spider Solitaire? Most versions offer three difficulty modes based on suits: - Easy: 1 suit (all cards are the same suit, e.g., Spades) - Medium: 2 suits (e.g., Spades and Hearts) - Hard: 4 suits (all standard suits: Spades, Hearts, Diamonds, Clubs) ### 3. Is Spider Solitaire available on mobile devices? Yes. Spider Solitaire is pre-installed on most Windows and macOS systems, and free/paid versions are available on iOS (App Store) and Android (Google Play) devices. ## Gameplay Rules ### 1. How are the cards dealt initially? The game starts with 10 columns of cards. The first 4 columns have 6 cards each, and the remaining 6 columns have 5 cards each. Only the top card of each column is face-up; all other cards are face-down. The remaining cards form the stock pile. ### 2. How do I move cards? - You can move a single face-up card or a sequence of consecutive face-up cards (in descending order, e.g., Queen → Jack → 10) to another column. - Moved cards/sequences must be placed on a card of the next higher rank (e.g., a 10 can be placed on a Jack). - In 2-suit or 4-suit modes, sequences must be of the same suit to be moved. In 1-suit mode, suit doesn’t matter for movement. ### 3. What can I do with empty columns? Empty columns can hold **any single face-up card or any valid sequence of cards** (following the descending order rule). This is a key strategy to rearrange cards and uncover face-down cards. ### 4. How do I use the stock pile? Click the stock pile to deal 1 face-up card to each of the 10 columns. You can only deal from the stock pile if all columns hav